Nigeria, March 19 -- Nigeria's top military leaders have ordered an intensified offensive against terrorist groups in the North-east following recent suicide bomb incidents in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State.

The Chief of Defence Staff, Olufemi Oluyede, and the Chief of Army Staff, Waidi Shaibu, arrived in the city on Wednesday for an operational assessment visit to the headquarters of the theatre command of Operation Hadin Kai, a joint task force in the North-east.

Their visit came less than 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu ordered the relocation of military chiefs to the state following multiple suicide bombings and attacks on military formations in Borno including the capital city.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that the suic...